Season 30:- the first 5 legs were won by 5 different teams- first season since Season 7 to have a F/F team win the first leg- first season since Season 14 to not have a double leg within the first 4 legs (aka they travel to a different country each leg)- first season since Season 17 to visit Europe in the first leg

Here is a list of the first place visited per country in TAR US Before I go on with the list I need to make rules.Rule 1: NO places in the US are counted.Rule 2: NO airports or boat ports are counted since this list will be all airports if I counted them(So no South Africa from TAR 1, Spain from TAR 3, and Kenya from TAR 5)Here is the list:

The list is done, please tell me if I have some incorrect, so I can fix it. Updated for Bahrain.Just to make things clear the reason I decided to choose places like landmarks, I do not define stations for transportation(e.g. airports, boat ports and train stations) is because those places are mandatory. Even the small in airport going To Zambia from South Africa does not count since it is an airport, that is why I counted Robben Island as the first place visited. I hope you guys can understand.

There’s one point you are missing. in many instances, the first route marker in a country is not broadcast, and in some instances those are at airports, but outside customs or baggage pick up. While some are eventually identified by Racers or bystanders, not all are, but based on what you are trying to identify that should be noted.

There’s one point you are missing. in many instances, the first route marker in a country is not broadcast, and in some instances those are at airports, but outside customs or baggage pick up. While some are eventually identified by Racers or bystanders, not all are, but based on what you are trying to identify that should be noted.

TAR 19's first leg in Indonesia started with an unaired overnight rest - if I remember, teams took trains to Jogjakarta then went to a hotel where they got one of two departure times for the next morning, which is where the episode picks up.

TAR 19's first leg in Indonesia started with an unaired overnight rest - if I remember, teams took trains to Jogjakarta then went to a hotel where they got one of two departure times for the next morning, which is where the episode picks up.

Unaired tasks should not be counted unless all first official race visits have first tasks there.

There’s one point you are missing. in many instances, the first route marker in a country is not broadcast, and in some instances those are at airports, but outside customs or baggage pick up. While some are eventually identified by Racers or bystanders, not all are, but based on what you are trying to identify that should be noted.

Give some examples, I can't off hand think of one.

It becomes evident in how a segment is edited. If a team starts a leg reading the destination but nothing about exactly where they were to go on arrival, it’s a safe bet that either the departure route marker directed a team elsewhere first, the audio was spliced to add in the first destination shown, or Phil provided that information by voiceover or by editing in a stand up.TPTB often don’t decide until they are editing the episode in post production, and in this season’s case might have done so only when they had the schedule for broadcast of the episode.

I just noticed another curse. It's call the Home Field Disadvantage Curse. If the race ends in the city you live, you will not win the race. Examples are:

TAR 1 Frank and Margarita are from New York and got 2ndTAR 2 Tara and Will are from San Francisco and got 2ndTAR 19 Amani and Marcus are from Atlanta and got 3rdTAR Aus 1 Sam and Ranae are from Perth and got 2nd